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 sub·sump·tion /səbˈsʌm(p)ʃən/
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 Sub·sump·tion n.
 1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another.
    The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notion.   --Sir W. Hamilton.
 2. That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
    But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or the subsumption under the rule.   --De Quincey.
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 subsumption
      n 1: the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term
           (which is the subject of the conclusion) [syn: minor
           premise, minor premiss]
      2: incorporating something under a more general category